This is an analysis of the poem Dear Anne Sexton that begins with:
On line at the supermarket
waiting for the tally,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXcdebaa XdcccffX feg hXhhd dXfgi aXfi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,3,5,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 101010 01100 01 1011 010 111101 010 111 10011 0101011 100110 1001110 100110 0110 1010010 1010010 111100 110011 11111 01000100 1110011 001010 1110011 011 11101110 101001010 1010010 1010 01101 11 1111 101101 11110 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word keeper is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines heart, women are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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